Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchRational and Religious (with Ross Douthat)
Episode 993
How can we explain the world's underlying order? How does consciousness emerge? And why do people from such different cultures have such similar near…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Music and Magic of John and Paul (with Ian Leslie)
Episode 992
At the heart of the success of the Beatles was the creative chemistry and volatile friendship between John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Listen as autho…
1 year, 6 months ago
Do All Creatures, Great and Small, and Made From Silicon, Have Rights? (with Jeff Sebo)
Episode 991
Should monkeys have the same rights as humans? What about elephants, ants, or invertebrates? NYU philosopher Jeff Sebo makes the case for expanding y…
1 year, 7 months ago
Bird Brains, Bird Sex, and All Kinds of Beauty (with Matt Ridley)
Episode 990
Bright colors, long tails, and dances of seduction: they may hurt a bird's chances of survival in the wild, but they seem to increase the chances of …
1 year, 7 months ago
How Better Feedback Can Revolutionize Education (with Daisy Christodoulou)
Episode 989
Feedback on exams and papers--grades and comments--should be more than an assessment. It should point the way to improvement. So argues educational c…
1 year, 7 months ago
Will Guidara on Unreasonable Hospitality
Episode 988
What can the restaurant business teach us about leadership and management? Listen as Will Guidara, the former owner of Eleven Madison Park, explains …
1 year, 7 months ago
The Unusual World of Israeli Democracy (with Rachel Gur)
Episode 987
Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East but it seems a lot more alien and chaotic than many of the older democracies of the West. Hear Rachel…
1 year, 7 months ago
The Struggle That Shaped the Middle East (with James Barr)
Episode 986
Until the end of WWI, the Middle East as we know it didn't exist. No Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, or Iraq. Instead, there was the Ottoman Empire, …
1 year, 8 months ago
Who Won the Socialist Calculation Debate (with Peter Boettke)
Episode 985
For more than a century, some economists have insisted that central planning can outperform markets. Economists like Mises, Hayek, and Friedman disag…
1 year, 8 months ago
Minimalists and Hoarders (with Michael Easter)
Episode 984
Why do we buy stuff we don't need? Maybe for the same reason that some people can't stand stuff at all. Listen as author Michael Easter speaks with E…
1 year, 8 months ago